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Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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דִּבְרֵ֣יdivrecauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…נִ֭רְגָּןnirgantalebearerנִרְגָּןverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “talebearer”, a verb used as a describing wordH5372a slanderertalebearer, whisperer.כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםkemitlahamimas woundלָהַםpreposition, verb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “as wound”, a verb used as a describing wordH3859properly, to burn in, i.e. (figuratively) to ranklewound.וְ֝הֵ֗םvehemand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.יָרְד֥וּyaredvbring downיָרַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bring down”, a completed actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…חַדְרֵיchadreinner) chamberחֶדֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “inner) chamber”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2315an apartment (usually literal)((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, [phrase] south, [idiom] within.בָֽטֶןvatenbodyבֶּטֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

Young’s Literal Translation

The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

World English Bible

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Darby Translation

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Douay-Rheims

The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀκνηροὺς καταβάλλει φόβος, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν.